Hair in the frame

New Zealand's Billy Bowden and the West Indian Steve Bucknor will umpire the first Ashes Test in Brisbane. South Africa's Rudi Koertzen and Pakistan's Aleem Dar will take over in Adelaide and this quartet, who presided over England's Ashes victory, will share Test duties this winter.

Aleem Dar will also partner Koertzen for the third and fourth Tests in Perth and Melbourne, with the Pakistani staying on to oversee the final Test in Sydney with Bowden, right. New Zealand's Jeff Crowe will referee the first three Tests with Sri Lanka's Roshan Mahanama taking over for the last two.

The one-day series between Australia, England and New Zealand will be umpired by Pakistan's Asad Rauf and the South African Ian Howell along with officials nominated by the host country which, in theory, could include the disgraced Darrell Hair.